PHILADELPHIA - The pat on the head came from Christopher Shays, a Republican congressman from Connecticut.

"This has been light years different from Major League Baseball," Shays told NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue. "I want to thank you for knowing what the hell is going on."

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There may be no praise fainter than being called smarter than Bud Selig, but there you go. Tagliabue and the NFL have been much more aggressive about steroids for much longer than Selig and MLB, and yet there are still very real questions about the integrity of the NFL's program.

To use a potentially annoying sports metaphor, those who cheat to win are like kick returners sprinting down the sideline on the way to the end zone. Baseball is the defender who gives up the chase as soon as the runner gets by him. The NFL is the guy who runs the length of the field, showing good hustle but still not having any chance to prevent the touchdown.

Football had its day on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, and there's no doubt Tagliabue and the others called by the House Government Reform Committee acquitted themselves better than their baseball counterparts did last month.

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